OHREADME.txt explains the layout of OH.xls, OH.csv and OH.zip (xls is the Microsoft Excel
version, csv is the comma separated variable version, and zip is the zipped version of the .csv
version and this readme file).  These files contains Ohio precinct election data from the 2000
federal general election.

Use and Attribution: All data are free and may be distributed as long as no charge is imposed and
this readme file is included with the data.  If you use the data, please include this citation:
David Lublin and D. Stephen Voss. 2001.  "Federal Elections Project." American University,
Washington, DC and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. We would greatly appreciate it
if you would mail us hard copies of any paper written  utilizing these data sets. You can send
copies to: David Lublin, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016. 

Funding for the Federal Elections Project was provided by the Political Science Program of the
Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (Award
#99-85999).

Case Identification:
CID is a unique record identifier used by the Federal Election Project.

Geographical Identification:
STFIP is the state FIPS code (39 for Ohio).
CTYFIPS is the county FIPS code.
CTYNAME is the county name.
CITYNUM  is a code of numeric characters identifying the city location.
WARD is the ward number; "99" applies when the precinct is not part of a ward system.
PCTCODE is a precinct identification code that is unique within counties.
PRECINCT is the precinct.
CD1 is the first congressional district number.
CD2 is the second congressional district number (in precincts with multiple districts).
SSD is the state sentate district
STHD1 is the first state house district number.
STHD2 is the second house district number (in precincts that cover two state house districts).
STHD3 is the third house district number (in precincts with multiple state house districts).

Registration and Turnout Data:
REGIS is the number of registered voters.
TOTVOT refers to the number of actual voting persons per precinct.

Votes for U.S. President:
BUSH is votes for George W. Bush (Republican).
GORE is votes for Al Gore (Democrat).
BROWNE is votes for Harry Browne (Libertarian).
HAGELIN is votes for John Hagelin (Natural Law).
BUCHANAN is votes for Pat Buchanan (Reform).
NADER is votes for Ralph Nader (Green).
PHILLIPS is votes for Howard Phillips (Constitution).

Votes for U.S. Senate:
SENREP is votes for Mike DeWine (Republican).
SENDEM is votes for Ted Celeste (Democrat).
SENLIB is votes for John R. Mcalister (Libertarian).
SENNL is votes for John A. Eastman (Natural Law).

Votes for U.S. House of Representatives:
CONGREP is votes for the Republican candidate.
     Steve Chabot in District 1
     Rob Portman in District 2
     Michael Oxley in District 4
     Paul Gillmor in District 5
     Mike Azinger in District 6
     Dave Hobson in District 7
     John Boehner in District 8
     Dwight Bryan in District 9
     Bill Smith in District 10
     James Sykora in District 11
     Pat Tiberi in District 12
     Rick Jeric in District 13
     Rick Wood in District 14
     Deborah Pryce in District 15
     Ralph Regula in District 16
     Bob Ney in District 18
     Steven Latourette in District 19
CONGDEM is votes for the Democratic candidate.
     John Cranley in District 1
     Charles Sanders in District 2
     Tony Hall in District 3
     Daniel Dickman in District 4
     Dannie Edmon in District 5
     Ted Strickland in District 6
     Donald Minor in District 7
     John Parks in District   8
     Marcy Kaptur in District 9
     Dennis Kucinich in District 10
     Stephanie Jones in District 11
     Maryellen O'Shaughnessy in District 12
     Sherrod Brown in District 13
     Thomas Sawyer in District 14
     Bill Buckel in District 15
     William Smith in District 16
     James Traficant in District 17
     Marc Guthrie in District 18
     Dale Blanchard in District 19
CONGLIB is votes for the Libertarian candidate.
     David Groshoff in District 1
     Robert Bidwell in District 2
     Ralph Mullinger in District 4
     John Green in District 5
     Kenneth Maccutcheon in District 6
     Jack Null in District 7
     David Shock in District 8
     Galen Fries in District 9
     Ron Petrie in District   10
     Joel Turner in District 11
     Nick Hogan in District 12
     Michael Chmura in District 13
     William Mcdaniel, Jr in District 14
     Scott Smith in District 15
     Richard Shetler in District 16
     Milton Norris in District 17
     John Bargar, Sr. in District 18
     Sid Stone in District 19 
CONGNL is votes for the Natural Law candidate.
     Richard Stevenson in District 1
     Regina Burch in District 3
     David Schaffer in District 5
     Dennis Slotnick in District 9
     Sonja Glavina in District 11
     Gregory Richey in District 12
     David Kluter in District 13
     Walter Keith in District 14
     Brad Graef in District 16
     Carol Mccoy in District 17
CONGIND is votes for the first independent candidate.
     John Mitchel in District 7
     Charles Jordan in District 12
     Lou D`Apolito in District 17
CONGIND2 is votes for the second independent candidate.
     Randy Walter   in District 17
     
When a precinct includes multiple congressional districts, votes in the second district (CD2) are
indicated using a parallel nomenclature:
CONG2REP  
CONG2DEM  
CONG2LIB  
CONG2NL   
CONG2IND  
CONG2IND2
     
Votes for State Senate:
SSREP is votes for the Republican candidate.
     Scott Nein in District 4
     Jeff Jacobson in District 6
     Louis Blessing, Jr. in District 8
     Steve Austria in District 10
     Jim Jordan in District 12
     Doug White in District 14
     Priscilla Mead in District 16
     Robert Gardner in District 18
     Bill Harris in District 19
     Randy Gardner in District 2
     Jim Carnes in District 20
     Ron Amstutz in District 22
     Bob Spada in District 24
     Larry Mumper in District 26
     Judy Jones in District 28
     Randy Law in District 32
SSDEM is votes for the Democratic candidate. 
     Arnold Engel in Distict 4.
     Karl Keith in District 6.
     Stuart Manning in District 8.
     Roger Tackett in District 10.
     Donna Mcnamee in District 18.
     Jack Campbell in District 19.
     Randy Williams in District 20.
     Elizabeth Kelley in District 22.
     Ed Boyle in District 24.
     Mary Fleure in District 26.   
     Leigh Herington in District 28.
     Greg Didonato in District 30.
     Timothy Ryan in District 32.
SSLIB is votes for the Libertarian candidate.
     Tom Brown in District6
     Stephen Schulte in District 8
     Margaret Leech in District 14
     William Kammere in District 16
     Bart Hildebrant in District 18
     Cheryl Neufer in District 22
     Pearl Pullman in District 28
     Patricia Urquhart in District 32
SSNL is votes for the Natural Law candidate. 
     Debra Mitchell in District 12
     Richard Leirer in District 24
SSIND is votes for the Independent candidate.
     Randy Jotte in District 22
     Arthur Magee in District 32

Votes for State House of Representatives:
SHREP is votes for the Republican candidate. 
     John Williamowski in District 1
     Tom Raga in District 2
     Charles Blasdel in District 3
     Robert Latta in District 4
     Sandra O'Brien in District 5
     Tim Schaffer in District 6
     Jim Carmichael in District 7
     Theodore Guerry in District 9
     Caroline Gioitta in District 10
     Ronald Lisy in District 11
     James Trakas in District 15
     Sally Kilbane in District 16
     J. Rodriguez in District 17
     George Caldwell in District 18
     Michael Maleski in District 19
     Beverly Corner in District 21
     Ted Smith in District 22
     Amy Salerno in District 23
     Larry Flowers in District 24
     David Goodman in District 25
     Linda Reidelbach in District 26
     Jim Hughes in District 27
     Geoffrey Smith in District 28
     Larry Wolpert in District 29
     Joanne Kemmerer in District 31
     Jim Raussen in District 32
     Tony Condia in District 33
     Bill Seitz in District 34
     Patricia Clancy in District 35
     Michelle Schneider in District 36
     Tom Brinkman, Jr. in District 37
     Brian Whitaker in District 39
     Arlene Setzer in District 40
     Jon Husted in District 41
     John White in District 43
     Diana Fessler in District 43
     Maxine Blake in District 44
     Bryan Williams in District 45
     Kevin Coughlin in District 46
     Chris Long in District 47
     Twyla Roman in District 48
     John Garcia in District 50
     Lynn Olman in District 51
     James Mettler in District 52
     Joseph Woods in District 53
     Mary Cain in District 54
     Kirk Schuring in District 55
     John Hagan in District 56
     Ron Hood in District 57
     Gary Cates in District 58
     Gregory Jolivette in District 59
     Shawn Webster in District 60
     Jeffrey Manning in District 62
     J. Lendrum in District 63
     Nancy Hull in District 65
     Charles Burger in District 66
     Todd Bonar in District 67
     Timothy Grendell in District 68
     Ronald Young in District 69
     Jamie Callender in District 70
     Jean Schmidt in District 71
     Tom Niehaus in District 72
     Roger Evans in District 73
     Merle Kearns in District 74
     Ann Womer Benjamin in District 75
     Kevin Dewine in District 76
     David Evans in District 77
     Larry Householder in District 78
     Edward Olson in District 79
     Jon Peterson in District 80
     Charles Calvert in District 81
     Stephen Buehrer in District 82
     James Hoops in District 83
     Keith Faber in District 84
     David Shiffer in District 85
     Mike Gilb in District 86
     Anthony Core in District 87
     Dennis Stapleton in District 88
     Rex Damschroder in District 89
     Steve Reinhard in District 90
     David Wilson in District 91
     Thom Collier in District 93
     John Carey, Jr. in District 94
     Jim Aslanides in District 95
     Nancy Hollister in District 96
     Kerry Metzger in District 97
     Frank Sentich, Jr. in District 98
     Garry Wells in District 99
SHDEM is votes for the Democratic candidate. 
     Ray Moritz in District 1 
     Richard Inskeep in District 2
     John Wargo in District 3
     Dean Clarke in District 4
     L. Distel in District 5
     Dennis Lupher in District 6
     Inell Keller in District 7
     Shirley Smith in District 8
     Claudette Woodard in District 9
     Annie Key in District 10
     Peter Jones in District 11
     John Barnes, Jr. in District 12
     Mary Oakar in District 13
     Ed Jerse in District 14
     Dan Downing in District 15
     John Sweeney in District 16
     Bryan Flannery in District 17
     Erin Sullivan in District 18
     Dale Miller in District 19
     Dean Depiero in District 20
     Joyce Beatty in District 21
     Ray Miller in District 22
     Thomas Drabick, Jr. in District 24
     Marc Fagin in District 25
     T. Johnson in District 26     
     Mary Lorms in District 28
     Cindy Taylor in District 29   
     Samuel Britton in District 30
     Catherine Barrett in District 31
     Wayne Coates in District 32
     Steve Driehaus in District 33 
     Jean Siebenaler in District 34
     Jeannette Harrison in District 35
     John Smith in District 36
     Les Mann in District 37
     Dixie Allen in District 38
     Fred Strahorn in District 39  
     Don Shaffer in District 40
     Dick Church, Jr. in District 41
     Joe Lacey in District 42
     Carol Mckeever in District 43
     Barbara Sykes in District 44
     Kurt Landefeld in District 45
     S. Worhatch in District 46
     Robert Otterman in District 47
     Michael Grimm in District 48
     Jack Ford in District 49 
     Jeanine Perry in District 50
     John Billis in District 51
     Teresa Fedor in District 52
     Chris Redfern in District 53
     Mary Cirelli in District 54
     Marylyn Scott in District 55
     Mike Stevens in District 56
     John Boccieri in District 57
     A. Mitchell in District 58
     Archie Johnson in District 59
     Kevin Williams in District 60
     G. Metelsky in District 61
     Christopher Rothgery in District 62
     Natalie Mosher in District 63
     Sylvester Patton in District 64
     Kenneth Carano in District 65
     Daniel Sferra in District 66
     Anthony Latell, Jr. in District 67
     Jeffrey Fanger in District 68
     Valerie Federico in District 69    
     Karen Insana in District 70
     Sherrill Callahan in District 71
     Ken Zuk in District 72
     Ron Rhine in District 73
     Cynthia Dunlevy in District 74
     Gene Brown in District 75
     Eric Marcus in District 76
     Patricia Blakely in District 77 
     Lisa Eliason in District 78
     William Hartnett in District 79    
     Juliann Secrest in District 80
     Franklin Tibbitts in District 81
     Timothy Holtsberry in District 82
     Bill Sell in District 84
     Derrick Seaver in District 85
     Kenneth Ludwig in District 86
     Stacy Roberts in District 87
     Del Cook in District 89
     Bob Gooding in District 90
     Joseph Sulzer Sr. in District 91
     William Ogg in District 92
     Daniel Zawacki in District 93
     Wayne Yoder in District 95
     Nancy Aiken in District 96
     Keith Busch in District 97 
     K. Krupinski in District 98
     Charlie Wilson in District 99
SHLIB is votes for the Libertarian candidate.
     Milton Mann in District 4
     Frank Keller in District 5
     Richard Pierce Iii in District     14
     John Hartman in District 17
     Ted Lesniak in District 18
     James Moyer in District 21
     Roy Wagner in District 24
     Charles Hazlett in District 29
     Dave Ekstrum in District 30
     Autumn Mueller in District 31
     Manny Tepper in District 32
     Everett Dejager in District 36
     Bryan Carey in District 41
     Bob Debrosse in District 43
     Chet Sutherland in District 44
     Bob Hart in District 46
     William Stephenson, Jr. in District 52
     Ronald Brown in District 56
     Patrick White in District 60
     Gerard Seman in District 63
     John Fockler, Jr. in District 64
     Frank Evan in District 68
     Sarah Tetzloff in District 69
     Alan Majni in District 70
     Scott Nazzarine in District 78
     Donald Bower in District 81
     Gregory Harpel in District 83
     Bruce Wilson in District 91
     Benjamin Wills in District 93
SHNL is votes for the Natural Law candidate. 
     Guy Black in District 10
     Thomas Murach in District 17
     Norma Koutz Wallace in District 28
     Mary Schuster in District 31
     Sharon Rozier in District 35
     Jim Donaldson in District 37
     Synthia Jackson in District 38
     Charles Turner in District 41
     Charles Hunter in District 45
     R. Bach in District 60
     John Fitch in District 63
     Christina Turner in District 76
     Carol Cottrell in District 80
SHIND is votes for the independent candidate.
     Alan Rapoport in District 9
     Bart Hacker in District 23
     Stan Wernz in District 32
     Logan Martinez in District 39
     Richard Hartmann in District 41
     Dennis M. Sparks in District 49
     Joseph Lipinski in District 50
     Timothy Mcneil, Sr. in District 67
     Anthony Waters in District 72
     Brian Tirbovich in District 75

When a precinct includes two legislative districts, votes in the second district (STHD2) are
indicated using a parallel nomenclature:
SH2REP    
SH2DEM    
SH2LIB    
SH2NL
SH2IND    

When a precinct includes three legislative districts, votes in the third district (STHD3) are
indicated using a parallel nomenclature:
SH3REP    
SH3DEM
SH3LIB    
SH3NL
SH3IND

Votes State Supreme Court Seat 1:
BLACK is votes for Tim Black.
COOK is votes for Deborah Cook.

Votes for State Supreme Court seat 2:
ODONNELL is votes for Terrence O'Donnell
RESNICK is votes for Alice Robie Resnick.

Votes on Statewide Constitutional Amendment:
CONAMDYES includes votes for allowing the state to issue bonds for environmental
conservation and revitalization programs.
CONAMDNO includes votes against allowing the state to issue bonds for environmental
conservation and revitalization programs.
